Kelly Anne Shepherd Explained

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Alma Mater:	University of Western Australia

Kelly Anne Shepherd (born 1970) is an Australian botanist, who has published some 91 names.^[1]

Career

Shepherd earned a B.Sc. (Hon) in 1992 with a thesis entitled "Faecal Analysis of Mammalian Herbivores in the Perup Forest, Western Australia." and a Ph.D. ("Systematic Analysis of the Australian Salicornioideae (Chenopodiaceae)" in 2005, both from the University of Western Australia.^{[2] [3]}

From 2004 to 2005 she was a research scientist with the University of Western Australia and Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority. In 2006 she was a post doctoral researcher at the UK Millennium Seed Bank, working on seed dormancy on Australian species with undifferentiated species. From 2006 to 2009, she was a research scientist with the Western Australian Herbarium, where, since September 2009, she has been working as a senior research scientist.

Selected publications

• Shepherd, K.A.. 2007. Three new species of Tecticornia (formerly Halosarcia) (Chenopodiaceae: Salicornioideae) from the Eremaean Botanical Province, Western Australia. Nuytsia. 17. 353–366.
• Shepherd, K.A.. 2007. Tecticornia indefessa (Chenopodiaceae: Salicornioideae), a new mat samphire (formerly Tegicornia) from north of Esperance, Western Australia. Nuytsia. 17. 367–374.
• Shepherd. Kelly A.. Wilson. Paul G.. Incorporation of the Australian genera Halosarcia, Pachycornia, Sclerostegia and Tegicornia into Tecticornia (Salicornioideae, Chenopodiaceae). Australian Systematic Botany. 20. 4. 2007. 319. 1030-1887. 10.1071/SB07002.
• Pityrodia iphthima (Lamiaceae), a new species endemic to banded ironstone in Western Australia, with notes on two informally recognised Pityrodia. Shepherd, K.A.. Nuytsia. 17. 2007. 347–352.
• Shepherd, K.A. & van Leeuwen, S.J.. 2007. Tecticornia bibenda (Chenopodiaceae: Salicornioideae), a new C4 samphire from the Little Sandy Desert, Western Australia. Nuytsia. 16. 2. 383–391.
• Shepherd, K.A. . 2008. Tecticornia papillata (Chenopodiaceae: Salicornioideae), a new andromonoecious samphire from near the Carnarvon Range, Western Australia. Nuytsia. 18. 259–266.
• Shepherd, K.A. & Wilson, P.G.. 2008. New combinations in the genus Dysphania (Chenopodiaceae) . Nuytsia. 18. 267–272 .
• Shepherd, K.A. & Lyons, M.N. . 2009. Three new species of Tecticornia (Chenopodiaceae, subfamily Salicornioideae) identified through Salinity Action Plan surveys of the central wheatbelt region, Western Australia. Nuytsia . 19. 167–180. 1.
• Shepherd. K.. van Leeuwen. S.. Tecticornia globulifera and T. medusa (subfamily Salicornioideae: Chenopodiaceae), two new priority samphires from the Fortescue Marsh in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Telopea. 13. 1–2. 2011. 349–358. 10.7751/telopea20116026. free.
• Shepherd. K.A.. Thiele. K.R. . Sampson. J.. Coates. D. . Byrne. M.. A rare, new species of Atriplex (Chenopodiaceae) comprising two genetically distinct but morphologically cryptic populations in arid Western Australia: implications for taxonomy and conservation. Australian Systematic Botany. 28. 4. 2015. 234. 1030-1887. 10.1071/SB15029. 85903596 .
• Shepherd, K.A. & Thiele, K.R. . 2017. Teucrium disjunctum, a new name for Spartothamnella canescens (Lamiaceae). Nuytsia . 28. 139–140 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shepherd, Kelly Anne International Plant Names Index. 2020-07-31. www.ipni.org.
2. Web site: Kelly A. Shepherd—Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. 2020-07-31. science.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
3. Web site: Shepherd. Kelly A.. A systematic analysis of the Australian Salicornioideae (Chenopodiaceae). 2021-03-03. University of Western Australia Library. en.